Detroit Lions Honor Memory of All-Time Great Fan ‘Yooperman’

The Detroit Lions paid tribute to the memory of one of their greatest fans this week, Donnie "Yooperman" Stefanski.

Stefanski would get up at 1:00 a.m. on game days to make the 365-mile drive from Goetzville in the U.P. to arrive in Detroit by 7:00 a.m. He first got season tickets in 1994 and called the Lions "my second family."

The Detroit Lions' video tribute has been viewed over 100,000 times with many fans sharing stories. Some talked about meeting him, sitting by him at a game or visiting his restaurant in the U.P., Yooperman's Bar and Restaurant.